Do Heroes Need Welfare Too? - Chapter 115

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Chapter 115

Adam was at a loss for words.

There was an interested gaze watching us, so I absolutely couldn’t stop talking.

I didn’t want loose-lipped Kyrillos to notice even the slightest oddity.

“Really?”

I didn’t answer.

…I didn’t want to say it twice.

“You really want me to go?”

“Yes.”

However, because of Adam who persistently approached me and asked, I avoided his gaze and nodded slightly.

Adam, with his eyebrows drooping, had a hurt expression.

I flinched, feeling like I had become the ‘person who abandoned a dog they raised’ that he had once mentioned.

But in the end, I didn’t correct myself to tell him not to go.

Adam had now even received an earldom.

Though it was a single title that couldn’t be inherited by children, he had become a nobleman with a small territory. So being introduced to young ladies wouldn’t be bad either.

In addition to his position as the Hero who saved the world, he had gained a fitting earldom.

Now there would be fewer people who would look down on and despise his origins.

This is right.

I tried hard to console myself.

* * *

Kyrillos’ sister probably likes Adam after all.

I recalled the young ladies who had been watching for the right timing to give Adam handkerchiefs during the hunting tournament.

Though Adam hadn’t given even a glance to those who had dressed up like colorful peacocks, this was Kyrillos’ sister.

She was from one of the Empire’s most prominent ducal houses, and since she must look exactly like Kyrillos, she would truly be a beauty.

If such a beauty had shown interest, Adam would at least be curious.

It was good that someone with good feelings toward Adam had appeared.

It was also something that should naturally happen.

‘So it’s strange that I’m feeling this way.’

However, the anxious feeling didn’t disappear.

As time passed, I became more anxious and paced around the room.

Since I had activated the sacred relic, I had no idea what kind of message would go to Adam, but I didn’t even have the luxury to worry about that.

Knock knock.

“Eve, are you in your room?”

It was Adam.

When did so much time pass?

I rushed out like lightning and opened the door.

No, and immediately closed it.

Seeing the door close right after opening, I heard Adam’s puzzled voice.

But since I couldn’t be sure what my face looked like right now, I ran to the vanity as soon as I closed the door.

Adam called my name repeatedly from outside.

I gave him casual responses while examining my face in the mirror.

Around the eyes, fine.

Expression is fine too.

I cleared my throat with a “hmm hmm,” then opened the door again and lifted my head demurely.

“You came back quickly.”

“I thought Eve would be waiting.”

“I wasn’t!”

But it was true that I was curious.

So I couldn’t completely ignore Adam and go into the room either.

To ask how it went… were we close enough to bring up such topics?

In the end, unable to ask or send him away, I looked up at him.

Adam’s calm face was, as always, unreadable.

‘He probably refused, right?’

“That’s right. I probably won’t see Princess Hailin Evant again.”

“What?! What do you mean? I didn’t say anything.”

I was startled and shouted loudly.

Did my face turn red?

Probably not, right?

I had overreacted because of Adam’s attitude, acting as if he had suddenly read my thoughts.

Adam also said with a surprised expression.

“Eve’s expression asked.”

How can a person’s expression ask something!

I couldn’t hold up a mirror to check, but he probably wasn’t just spouting nonsense either.

Still, his answer had properly reached my ears.

‘So Hailin is Kyrillos’ sister’s name. But what does he mean by not seeing her again?’

Anyway, it felt like a tooth that had been aching was finally pulled. I hadn’t expected Adam to come and tell me about it first.

Hiding my relief, I cleared my throat with a “hmm hmm.”

“How can a person’s face speak?”

I grumbled quietly, but Adam smiled broadly and said.

“Indeed. How can there be someone whose outside and inside are so consistent?”

“Is there such a person?”

“I only learned about it a few months ago.”

Adam laughed while being playful.

I don’t know who that person is, but they must really be someone whose outside and inside are the same.

I was in such a good mood today that I smiled brightly.

As if my low spirits from earlier were an illusion, the corners of my mouth kept rising.

“So Eve, aren’t you going to ask?”

“Well.”

“I thought you’d be curious about what happened between Princess Hailin and me, so I rushed here to tell you. But you’re really not going to ask?”

Since Adam was persistently asking, and it was true that I had been curious all along, I asked carefully.

What he had just told me wasn’t enough of an answer to resolve my questions.

“…What happened?”

“I was rejected.”

With a face that didn’t look sad at all, Adam spoke as if recalling an embarrassing past.

“She said I was more boring than she thought.”

“What could Adam possibly be lacking…!”

I was indignant.

Princess Hailin has no eye for people! Rejecting Adam like that.

‘That brother keeps coming to the Demon King’s Castle and trying to get Adam’s attention…’

It’s fortunate that the person trying to be overly friendly with him is Kyrillos and not his sister.

‘No, that’s not fortunate!’

As soon as I had that thought, I was startled and tried hard to erase the memory.

* * *

“Eve, where on earth did you go? I’ve been looking for you since morning.”

When I finally showed my face after the entire day had passed, unlike usual, Adam immediately rushed to me.

I had definitely left him a note saying I was going out briefly.

I just blinked at Adam’s unexpectedly enthusiastic welcome.

“I’m sure I left a note saying I was stopping by somewhere and would be back?”

When I looked at him with the implication of asking if he hadn’t seen the note, Adam opened the hand he had been clenching.

“It doesn’t say when, where, how, or why you were going.”

“….”

I took the crumpled note that had been read several times, folded it neatly, and threw it away.

I should have just told him in person instead of leaving a note.

It felt awkward to wake Adam, who had just fallen asleep in the morning, so I left a note and went, which led to this mess.

“This is all for Adam’s sake.”

“How is this for my sake? Eve doesn’t know how difficult it was for me to wait for her.”

I raised my arm with a proud expression.

His gaze naturally turned to the object in my hand.

“Ahem, I picked this up on the way.”

“…?”

It was such a dry line, as if I were picking up a stone rolling on the ground and giving it to him.

Instead of answering his question, I shoved the box into his arms, and Adam caught it reflexively.

How hard I had worked to not put any special meaning into the gift myself.

‘I’m just giving it out of pure goodwill without any ulterior motives. Because it’s something Adam needs!’

Since I wasn’t recruiting companions in this playthrough, I didn’t seek out their weapons and only headed along the shortest route to save time.

So naturally, the other items I hadn’t brought were still guarding their locations.

‘Anyway, I remember where everything is.’

The incredibly grindy game had made players memorize every route.

Eventually, while playing the game, I wasn’t moving with my head but just out of habit.

‘I know exactly where what items are located.’

So when Adam was busy with other things, I simply went to that location and brought back the item.

It was a pendant capable of teleportation, no less.

Though it was consumable and could only be used once.

The position was currently vacant, but it had been made by a Mage Tower Lord who once occupied that seat.

He had sold the pendant to a family because he was broke, and when the granddaughter found the pendant and was selling it cheaply, I quickly bought it. Due to the Mage Tower Lord’s aesthetic sense being worse than Potato’s, his pendant was still considered junk and remained unsold.

Though it could teleport, it had the disadvantages of only being usable once and not being able to travel with someone else, so it was an item I didn’t use often.

“Eve got this…?”

Adam held the pendant and spoke with a dubious tone.

Before he could express his bewilderment, I recited the lines I had prepared.

“Actually, as Adam thought, God gives me revelations… That person suddenly told me at dawn to get it for the Hero and revealed the location.”

Your Honor, this wasn’t something I did, but something God made me do.

I hadn’t told a single lie.

It wasn’t a lie that God was within me either.

I recited the truth with a shameless expression.

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